Taste New Zealand Food Fair @ AEON

Hey....What's cooking in the kitchen? :p
Last Saturday, yours truly and a few blogger friends were put through a cook-off challenge with the best of New Zealand produce and products led by Executive Chef Krishnan at Berjaya University College.

Lucky us, as we have Chef Krishnan demonstrated three recipes for us using New Zealand mussels and Greenlea beef. He also shared tips and tricks with us on how to slice quickly and evenly.

Next, it's our turn to cook up a storm minus the fire for sure, to be on the safe side. Lol 

The New Zealand mussels are plump and juicy. Just saute it with garlic, add grated cheese on top and bake for 5 minutes. 

Voila! Within 30 minutes, we managed to whip out 2 dishes, Cheese Baked Mussels & Greenlea Beef Stir Fry with Capsicum. Not too bad, eh! Frankly, I don't cook that often, but these dishes are really easy to make and taste so good too.

This festive season, head over to Taste New Zealand Food Fair, to get your hands on quality and honest New Zealand products and produce comprising of a delectable selection of new artisanal treats, guilt-free chocolates, premium New Zealand apples and kiwifruits as well as a range of sustainable, eco-friendly products. The Food Fair will be held at all 7 AEON outlets nationwide from 30 November to 10 December showcasing more than 150 products, best in food, delicious edibles and innovative products.

Some of the items that consumers can look forward at the fair includes :

New Zealand Meat
Greenlea Chilled Beef

Greenlea is a family-owned business with strong reputation started 80 years ago in a little butcher shop in Gisborne. It is one of the biggest meat exporters offering pure NZ Grass-fed beef from their farms to your plate.

Top quality biscuits and chocolates
Whittaker's
Founded in 1986 by James Henry Whittaker, New Zealand's primary chocolate brand, Whittaker's sources for top quality, hand-harvested cocoa from Ghana and Madagascar, the two homes of the world's finest beans. These beans are then batch roasted and made into fine grade chocolate, thus differentiating them from competitors who often purchase cocoa liquor rather than roasting their own beans.

Griffin's 
New Zealand's No.1 Biscuit brand has finally reached Malaysia.  Griffin's New Zealand's favourite biscuit bakers have been delighting Kiwi families for more than 150 years. They are armed with its heritage of expertly baking biscuits with top quality ingredients and utmost craft and care. Malaysians can now indulge in delicious biscuits made with real New Zealand milk and milk chocolate.

Dairy, beverages and ice cream
Anlene, Anmum and Fernleaf from Fonterra Brands Malaysia
Consumers can also look forward to the best tasting dairy from New Zealand's leading dairy brands, Fonterra, with Anlene Heart Plus, Anmum Essential, Anmum Materna and its range of Fernleaf and Fernleaf Calcium products. 

Karihome
Karihome Goat Milk formulas are manufactured by the Dairy Goat Co-operative (N.Z) Ltd, (known as DGC), a farmer-owned co-operative in New Zealand, whose goat milk production reaches 90% of the total output in New Zealand.

Spring Sheep
Delicious and clean, the creamy tasting alternative milk choice by Spring Sheep Milk Co. offer pure nutritious goodness of New Zealand sheep milk to consumers all over the world. A natural source of protein and essential vitamins and minerals, with the added digestive health benefits of probiotics.

NZ Natural Zealand Ice-cream
Made in New Zealand with the freshest, finest quality ingredients, with more than 30 unique ice cream flavours, it will always be a taste adventure.

Kapiti Ice Cream
Kapiti Ice Cream, the award-winning bold flavours of delicious creamy premium ice cream promises a sensory experience to remember.

Pure n Ezy Ready To Eat!
Leaderbrand is one of New Zealand's most recognised and diverse horticultural businesses which will be launching the Pure n Ezy brand with ready-to-eat beetroot and corn at Aeon Taste NZ.

• 100% grown, harvested and cooked in New Zealand
• No refrigeration needed
• 15 month shelf life
• Available year round
• Convenient and nutritious
• Assure quality (NZ MAF) certified

Eco store
Plant-based products without nasty chemicals promising safer products for the skin or use around the home.

Other products and brands to look forward to are Pic's Peanut Butter, CHIA, Easiyo and Sweet Meadow.

To add on the shopping excitement at AEON Taste NZ, shoppers who spend RM80 in a single receipt will also entitled to enter a lucky draw contest and win RM1,000 worth of AEON shopping vouchers. Eleven days of great tasting, exceptional quality New Zealand products all in one place at your nearest AEON, don't miss out!

On top of that,10 lucky winners will win RM100 AEON cash vouchers in the Snap & Win contest. From 30th to 10th Dec, take your most creative photo at the AEON Taste NZ photobooth with an interesting caption, check-in your location on Facebook and hashtag #TasteNZMY  to enter the contest. Remember to make your entry public.